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[mcgill123]

new article on BBC website for those interested Nick 'block it', 'yes my bat is made in Somerset you fool' Compdog praising the Captaincy of Ali Cook....

more interesting than it sounds as allegedly Cook did not want Compton in the Test side first time round as they 'clashed'. All gossip of course but looks like new England are full steam ahead, clean slate,friendly with the media, etc etc. Jesus they even had a meal out with Bob Willis last summer. Wonder if he has any funny stories...

How much credit does Bayliss take for the new attitude? lot's I reckon but Farbrace could be the main man day to day who influences the players the most....

Totally agree re the management side especially the influence Farbrace appears to be making also I wouldn't underestimate the affect that's been had on the dressing room after a certain batsman became unselectable a few years back.

[uknsaunders]

Farbrace was effectively in charge of the NZ series, when all of a sudden England started playing some decent cricket.

[rickjames]

new article on BBC website for those interested Nick 'block it', 'yes my bat is made in Somerset you fool' Compdog praising the Captaincy of Ali Cook....

more interesting than it sounds as allegedly Cook did not want Compton in the Test side first time round as they 'clashed'. All gossip of course but looks like new England are full steam ahead, clean slate,friendly with the media, etc etc. Jesus they even had a meal out with Bob Willis last summer. Wonder if he has any funny stories...

cough KEVIN PIETERSEN cough cough cough

[northernboy1987]

cough KEVIN PIETERSEN cough cough cough

You wanna see a doctor about that nasty cough pal.

[mcgill123]

You wanna see a doctor about that nasty cough pal.

And the Tourette's .

[captaindan100]

no footit selected.

Usual team with woakes replacing finn

[Aussie In England]

South Africa ringing the changes.
Cook(debut), Duminy, de Kock, Piedt and Abbott all in.
van Zyl, du Plessis, Vilas, Morris and Viljoen out.

Crazy amount of changes

[ppccopener]

Jimmy v ABD is going to be interesting,clearly he was having a pop at Anderson. All in the game no problem there but we have won the series quite easily actually in the end so talk is cheap
 

[Woodyspin]

Good start jimmy, whoops!

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[Woodyspin]

South Africa ringing the changes.
Cook(debut), Duminy, de Kock, Piedt and Abbott all in.
van Zyl, du Plessis, Vilas, Morris and Viljoen out.

Crazy amount of changes

A team that doesnt have a clue who their best XI is, is a very desperate team, they've all done it

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[captaindan100]

Shows the difference in the thinking between the two teams. SA in disarray and thinking what can they do to try and manufacture some form of result.

And with England I doubt they would have changed the team had Finn been fit.

[edge]

Looks like enough in the track to interest the bowlers, come on then Jimmy and Stuart make use of it. They've had a nasty habit the past couple of years of wasting the new ball on the first day bowling too short, hopefully we don't see that today! Disappointed not to see Footit in balancing the attack, I like Woakes but he's not very different from Broad and Anderson.

[captaindan100]

Because if his similarity to Broad and Anderson I think that's probably the main reason that they have chosen him over Footit

[Woodyspin]

Also footit disappointed in the warm up games, woakes didnt so much. I honestly think hes more of a batsman but there you go

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[edge]

Why would you deliberately pick three bowlers because they're similar to each other?!

Woakes is definitely a safer selection and very justifiable over Footit, I'd just like to see variety in the attack. Footit did go round the park a bit in the warmups but by now you'd hope he was used to being around the England camp and associated pressure a bit more, and by all accounts he's been tearing through batsmen in the nets.

Bowling change please, not been a great start from Anderson.